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Acanthamoebic Keratitis, Perineural Infiltrate

Acanthamoebic Keratitis, Perineural Infiltrate
Typical are an irregular epithelium without defects, localized stromal edema with infiltration. Note especially perineural infiltrate (at 2:30 and 3:00 o'clock, arrows) outlining the course of the nerves, explaining pronounced pain.
Wenkel, Hartmut, Ph.D., Univ.-Augenklinik, Erlangen, Germany
H19.22
Cornea -> Keratitis, Keratouveitis (Infectious/Non-Infectious/Neuroparalytic/Parasitic) -> Disciform/Stromal/Interstitial/ Parenchymal Keratitis -> Acanthamoeba
cornea
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